The Latest Breaking News from Influenza

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled “A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors”. Some media outlets somewhat exaggeratedly took this to mean that we are one mutation away from bird flu “becoming the next…

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Flu season is in full swing in the US with a wave of infections causing cough, cold, fever and sore throat sweeping across the country. Covid-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) have been driving the infections for the past many weeks now, and now influenza has also joined in, which…

Less than half of Americans planned to get Covid vaccine in 2024, and slightly more than half planned to get flu shot

The 2024–25 flu shot doesn’t prevent H5N1 bird flu but could play a pivotal role in preventing a pandemic.

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) under the Union Health Ministry is closely monitoring respiratory and seasonal influenza cases in the country : Read further on Dynamite News:

COVID emerged suddenly, spread rapidly and killed millions of people around the world. Since then, I think it’s fair to say that most people have been nervous about the emergence of the next big infectious disease – be that a virus, bacterium, fungus or parasite.